Railway-crossing



(No Model.)

J. DALY.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

No. 322,801. Patented July 21, 1885.

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' UNITED STATES '.ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DALY, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VILLIAM WHITE, OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.

' RAI LWAY-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,801l dated July 251, 1885.

Application filed June 11, 1885.

(No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DALY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-crossings; and it consists of transverse sockets formed in the crossing rails for the reception of the main rails, and overhanging lips in the sockets, and also in the combination, in a railway-crossing, of plates formed in the crossing rails, transverse sockets formed in the plates to receive the main rails, and overhanging lips on the plate, all of which is more fully pointed out in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of part of my improved railway-crossing. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same in the plane x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the entire crossing on a smaller scale than the previous gures.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letters A A designate the rails of the main track, and B B the rails of the crossing track, which latter are each provided with sockets C C extending transversely across the same, and which are in- These sockets in the example shown in the drawings are made rectangular in shape, so as to receive the particular rail shown, but any desired size or shape may be given to the said sockets, so as to adapt them to receive rails of any cross-section. The crossing rails are provided with a central way, a, for the iiange of the car-wheels E, Fig. 2, and with a tread, b, on either side, andV the sockets previously mentioned are formed in enlarged portions D Dl of the said rails, which portions I shall hereinafter designate the plates.7 The main rail is so laid that its tread is just engaged by the flanges of the car-wheels E, Fig. 2, rolling on the track B B', so that the same will not be cut thereby.

To prevent the car-wheels from violently striking upon the main rails, I form overhanging lips F F on both sides of the plates D D', which extend inwardly toward each other, their ends coming as close together as consisttrack.

`It is evident that the Wheels when crossing the main track will pass over the rails of the same Without any jolt, since when the tread of the car-wheels leaves the rails of the crossing track the flange thereof is in contact with the tread of the main rail. It will also be seen that the main track remains unbroken. The overhanging lips are used for the purpose of preventing injury t0 the rails of the main track at the outer and inner sides of the tread, and consequently they insure a smooth running over the main rails of the cars on the crossing track, and also preventing jolting and breakage of Wheels. The rails B B of the latter are secured to sleepers or stringers in the usual manner by spiking through the casting, while the rails of the main track in this crossing can be laid continuously without cutting or spiking through the casting, which is of an advantage, since these rails are not always drilled to meet the recessed crossing.

Vhen more than two tracks cross each other-that is to say, when a double crossing is necessary-the crossing rails are provided with a corresponding number of socketed rails, and several pairs of each crossing rails may be placed longitudinally together.

This railway-crossing can be used with slight 'modications for either horse-railways, steamrailways, or the like, the crossing shown in the drawings being adapted more especially for horse-cars. When the tracks do not cross each other at right angles-that is to say, in oblique crossings-the sockets run obliquely across the rail, having an Obliquity corresponding to the angles made by the rails.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a railway-crossing, the crossing rails ent with the running of the cars on the main f having transverse sockets for the reception of the main rails, and provided with the overhanging lips FF', substantially as shown and described.

2. In a railwayferossing, the crossing rails In testimony whereof I have hereunto set formed with plates having the transverse sook'- my hand and seal in the presence of two subets to receive the main rails, and provided scribing witnesses. with the overhanging lips, substantially as 5 shown and described. JOHN DALY. [L. s] 3. A rail having a longitudinal depression for the flange of the wheel, plates or enlarged Witnesses: portions distributed in the length of the same F. F. WHITE, formed with transverse sockets and overhang- CHAs. F, COOPER. 1o ing lips, substantially as shown and described. 

